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L’immeuble des femmes qui ont renoncé aux hommes – plein de bonnes idées mais…
French article
J’ai découvert le livre de Karine Lambert un peu par hasard en navigant sur Amazon à la recherche d’un eBook pas trop cher. Jamais entendu parlé de L’immeuble des femmes qui ont renoncé aux hommes mais l’idée me plaisait bien, je me suis donc laissé tenter. Le problème,
August 31, 2014
New language mission: learning Italian!

Summer is slowly bidding farewell for this year, the days are getting shorter and the temperature is dropping. Time to find some indoor activity for the cold months!
August 30, 2014
Allez, à partir de maintenant aussi en français !
French article
Comme je suis parfois (comprenez souvent) un peu feignasse, je laisse passer des idées de billets par ce que j’ai la flemme de les écrire en anglais ou simplement parce qu’ils ne concerneraient qu’un public francophone. Du coup, je me suis décidé de lancer une page “En Français” où je pourrai laisser libre cours à […]
July 12, 2014
The Ikea City experience in Hamburg

The Swedish furniture store Ikea decided to penetrate city centers and implement outlets within cities. Ikea was so far only in the outskirts of major cities, only to be reached by car. So on Day 2 after the opening, I decided to visit the very first one to open: Hamburg, Altona. And it’s actually different […]
July 02, 2014
The French have a new obsession and you’ll never guess what it is

Tweet The French do all sorts of weird things. This post is not an umpteenth list of the usual clichés we all know – I don’t think the Internet needs that. Now, as sunny weather can be expected every day, strikes are on order (June is one of the months with most strikes in France […]
June 17, 2014
Grandia II – half as good as the first one

Tweet One of the very few RPGs I’ve ever played on PS2 – after the luxurious choice the PSOne had to offer, the PS2 was quite a let-down. But that’s not the point of this article. So I played Grandia II for the first time some ten years ago and I was
June 08, 2014
Complètement cramé ! by Gilles Legardinier

Tweet Apparently, Legardinier has become the latest it-writer over the past few years. His breakthrough novel Demain j’arrête met some warm reception and the author’s following novels gained in popularity each year. Complètement cramé is not the latest title released. I’m always lagging behind because
June 04, 2014
Sheila, Johnny, Sylvie, Françoise,… Yeah, yeah and yé-yé

Tweet France, the Sixties. A whole new generation of singers and artists are produced and sent under the spotlights. The tunes are very easy to memorise and to sing along. Simple music, naive texts but a melody that embodies the 60s. Many of those songs also had one particularity:
May 27, 2014
Have you met Bosley yet?

Tweet There is quite a lot bilingual literature out there, however bilingual children’s books are still a rather niche market. There are not many of them available and many are for children who can already read independently. Bosley the Language Bear is designed for
May 20, 2014
Language guide for the 2014 World Cup

Tweet Football time! Or should we say soccer? Either way the FIFA World Cup 2014 is about to start and it’s in Brazil this year. So for those of you who feel like learning some Portuguese before the trip and mingling a bit with the Brazilians,
April 22, 2014